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'Hull Crime Fiction' (www.hullcrimefiction.co.uk) is the home of writer Nick Quantrill. On this page you can find a collection of novel extracts and short stories set in East Yorkshire, England.My novel, 'Broken Dreams,' featuring Private Investigator, Joe Geraghty, will be published by Caffeine Nights, late 2009. Take a look at the blog to read the first chapter.Contact: [email protected]

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'Broken Dreams' - To be published late 2009

I'm delighted to announce my novel 'Broken Dreams', the first novel to feature my new character, Joe Geraghty, will be published by Caffeine Nights, late 2009:Broken Dreams   Joe Geraghty, Private Inv...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:47:00 GMT

Broken Dreams - Chapter 1 extract

Below is an extract from chapter one of my novel, 'Broken Dreams', due to be published late 2009 by Caffeine Nights:[email protected] .ukBroken Dreams - Chapter One...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:36:00 GMT

New short story - 'Side Orders'

'Side Orders' (a Joe Geraghty story)Ahmets paranoid, man.I turned to Darren and shrugged. Ignoring him, I continued looking out of the car window and into the Hull night, the city flashing by. You...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT

New short story - Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities (A Joe Geraghty story)   ONE  1.30PM   I was sat on an amplifier in the band's rehearsal room on Wincolmlee, secreted away on Bankside, a decaying industrial area of Hu...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:53:00 GMT

New photographs

Given the fantastic reaction to the initial set of photographs used to illustrate some of the earlier stories on my blog, it feels appropriate to update them in view of the new short-story and novel t...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:43:00 GMT

Free novel available - Black and White - The opening chapter

'Black and White'   Detective Sergeant Richard Coleman edged his car out into the stream of slow moving traffic and onto Clive Sullivan Way, heading across the city centre of Hull and in the dire...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Review of Black and White - www.a63revisited.com

The nice people at www.a63revisited.com have kindly reviewed my debut novel, 'Black and White.' As they correctly point out, it's free! Send me a message for your free download. 'In Nick Quantrill's "...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:51:00 GMT

New short story - Justice

This story originally appeared in March, 2008's edition of 'Article' magazine.   Justice   'Did you do it, like they said?' I put my drink down and sigh. He's not the first to ask and he won...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:39:00 GMT

New short story - Lessons Learnt

Lessons Learnt   DS Richard Coleman pulled into the lay-by and headed towards the flashing blue lights. An hour later it would have been someone else's problem. But it wasn't. An articulated lorr...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:25:00 GMT

'Black and White' - Synopsis

Here's a brief synopsis of my forthcoming novel: 'Black and White' Called to Hull's King George Dock on a cold, miserable autumn morning by his new senior officer, Detective Sergeant Richard Cole...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:45:00 GMT